GRACE Uganda - WOUGNET

GRACE-WOUGNET: GRACE research team meeting

Thu, 25 May 2006 09:37:59 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: GRACE research team meeting
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A GRACE research team meeting at the WOUGNET Office. From left to right: Susan Bakesha, Dorothy Okello and Angela Nakafeero. Taking the photo (and so missing from the pic) is Brenda Muyanja, WOUGNET Information Officer.

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GRACE-WOUGNET: Fruit Juice Production

Thu, 25 May 2006 09:34:56 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Fruit Juice Production
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An entreprenuer displays how she makes fruit juice

GRACE-WOUGNET: Face 2 Face Interview

Thu, 25 May 2006 09:25:07 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Face 2 Face Interview
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A GRACE researcher in an interview with one of the rural women entreprenuers.

GRACE-WOUGNET: Nakaseke Telecentre

Thu, 25 May 2006 09:23:35 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Nakaseke Telecentre
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The Nakaseke Telecentre was one of the three telecentres at which the GRACE research was conducted. The other two telecentres were Buwama and Nabweru. At the front of the building is the VSAT internet connection, to the right is the radio transmitter equipment, and to the left (in a 'cage') is the solar power equipment that is an alternative power source for the telecentre.

GRACE-WOUGNET: Meeting with a CD-ROM trainer

Thu, 25 May 2006 09:20:38 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Meeting with a CD-ROM trainer
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A WOUGNET Grace researcher meets with one of the CD-ROM trainers based at the Nakaseke Telecentre

GRACE-WOUGNET: Wedding decorations by rural entreprenuer

Sat, 20 May 2006 14:40:13 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Wedding decorations by rural entreprenuer
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Wedding decorations by one of the entrepreneurs met by the GRACE research team

GRACE-WOUGNET: Reviewing Business Records

Sat, 20 May 2006 14:38:17 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Reviewing Business Records
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An entreprenuer showing her business records to the GRACE research team

GRACE-WOUGNET: Focus group discussion in Buwama

Sat, 20 May 2006 14:33:04 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Focus group discussion in Buwama
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A focus group discussion with women using the Buwama Telecentre

GRACE-WOUGNET: Review of handbook printed out from CD-ROM

Sat, 20 May 2006 14:27:35 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: Review of handbook printed out from CD-ROM
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A CD-ROM promoter/user showing a GRACE researcher a handbook that has been printed from the CD-ROM

GRACE-WOUGNET: GRACE research team

Sat, 20 May 2006 14:15:24 GMT

GRACE-WOUGNET: GRACE research team
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GRACE research team at WOUGNET

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Links to related websites

Thu, 18 May 2006 15:05:12 GMT

A CD-ROM for Rural Women in Africa: Development of a New Information Tool
Pioneered in Uganda by the International Tribune Women's Centre (IWTC) and IDRC/Nairobi working in partnership with the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Media One, community groups such as Council for Economic Empowerment of Women (CEEWA), Isis Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) and the Uganda YWCA, the technical specifications that guided the development of the CD-ROM were that it be used on basic computer systems at rural telecentres, require minimal technical know-how to operate, and not rely on access to the internet or worldwide web.
http://www.wougnet.org/News/cdupdate.html

GRACE - Uganda Research
This GRACE research also from Uganda is conducted by the Department of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University and focuses on the effects of mobile telephony on gender relations and women's socio economic empowerment.
http://uganda-grace-research.blogspot.com/

GRACE Uganda Research Project - WOUGNET

Thu, 18 May 2006 13:37:00 GMT

The Gender Research in Africa into ICTs for Empowerment (GRACE) project aims to explore the ways in which women in Africa use ICTs to empower themselves, the external, structural barriers as well as the internal factors which prevent them from using ICTs to their advantage, and the strategies they employ to overcome these impediments. The project comprises 15 sub-projects, reflecting 14 research sites in 12 countries and one meta research sub project.

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), http://www.wougnet.org, is one of the organisations participating in the GRACE project, and our research project is “Uptake and Impact of the CD-ROM Rural Women in Africa: Ideas for Earning Money on Grassroots Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda”. The goal is to assess the uptake and impact of the CD-ROM on rural women entrepreneurs in Uganda. There is also need to gain a clear understanding of the implications for appropriate ICTs for rural entrepreneurship, accounting for gender concerns. It is expected that participation in this project and the research findings should help drive WOUGNET’s mission to promote and support the use of ICTs among women and women organisations in Uganda.

The primary research question is ‘How have grassroot women entrepreneurs used the CD-ROM Rural Women in Africa: Ideas for Earning and what is the impact created on their livelihoods?’ Specific research objectives include:

Examining how the CD-ROM Rural Women in Africa: Ideas for Earning Money has been used by grassroot women entrepreneurs
Assessing the factors that have facilitated their uptake of the CD-ROM,
Examining how the use of the CD-ROM has empowered grassroot women entrepreneurs’ livelihoods. This will include among others aspects like ideas for starting businesses, business performance, and attitudes to business, sharing and networking, information seeking and technical skills in ICT use.
Generating ideas on the information requirements for rural women and how appropriately this information should be packaged.

The main research output will be a report on the experiences of women with the CD-ROM. In particular how they have applied the CD-ROM, its impact on their lives, and areas where information packaging is urgently required. A CD on the women’s experiences will also be produced.